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Cannot use this in LINUX maya 2020!

This was the first tool I released and coming back to review the code was a painful experience, it's time to give it a well-deserved refactor:

• PEP8 compliance.
• Better separation of concerns (UI VS core).
• Abstracting DCC logic for future extension.
• unit and integration testing.
• no more pre-compiled UI with pyside2-uic, using .ui directly.
• use of Qt.py to allow compatibility with multiple Qt bindings for Python.
• Not version controlling ffmpeg's binary (WHAT WAS I THINKING?? AND IT'S IN THE LIB DIRECTORY? hehe)
• ? CI / CD for automatic build? It will be needed if I want nontechnical artists to be able to download and use it immediately without installing stuff on their side (such as ffmpeg).
• Threading (or multiprocessing) if necessary

As a user, I'd like to use this tool in multiple DCCs, as well as a standalone desktop tool.

As a developer, I'd like to see a clear interface for adding support for multiple DCCs through the facade design pattern https://refactoring.guru/design-patterns/facade.

Acceptance criteria:

• Defined interface for abstracting DCC interaction (as of now, image plane creation).
• Support for standalone version.

As a user, I'd like to be able to select a custom padding style when exporting my reference, such as:

• ####
• ###
• ##
  etc...

As a user, I'd like to be able to interact with my reference video through the tool, instead of trimming through text controls, doing it through a slider would be much better.

Acceptance criteria:

1. User can interact with the video through a video player UI.
2. User can trim the video through a slider that describes the start and end position for the video.
3. The video player has a clear UI:

• Video seeking.
• Video play/pause.
• Volume controls.

Hello Jaime,

First off I love Reference Importer, it is totally awesome.

With the new release of Maya 2025 could it be updated to work with it?

Kind Regards!